Spreading Fires The Missionary Nature of Early Pentecostalism

includes index and biblioraphy

Spreading Pentecostal Fires: Introduction and Sources 3 Bias in Pentecostal Historiography 5 Documentary Sources 9 About this Book 13 In All its Pristine Power: Precursors and Context 17 Pietist, Methodist and Holiness Antecedents 18 Evangelical Revivalism and Missionary Fervour 22 Imperialism and Mission 31 The Healing Movement 35 Charles Parham and `Missionary Tongues` 40 Burning its Way into Every Nation: The Missionary Spirit 46 William Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival 47 The Spread of the Apostolic Faith 50 Speaking the Languages of the Nations 57 The Role of the Spirit in Mission 65 SPREAD IN THREE CONTINENTS To Suit their Nature and Feelings: Indian Beginnings Pandita Ramabai and the Mukti Revival The Apostolic Faith in North India Pentecostalism in South India The Legacy of Mukti The First Sri Lankan Pentecostals Opening Doors of Nations: China and East Asia The Apostolic Faith in South China Mok Lai Chi and the Hong Kong Pentecostal Mission The Pentecostal Missionary Union and West China Pentecostals in North and East China 133 Chinese Independent Pentecostal Churches 136 Missions in Japan, Korea and the Pacific 138 Stretching Out Hands to God: Africa and the Middle East 149 Pentecostals in the Middle East and Egypt 152 Apostolic Faith Missionaries in the Sub-Sahara 157 Pentecostalism and West African Independency 161 Pentecostal Missionaries in Southern Africa 167 African Leaders in South Africa 173 The Congo Evangelistic Mission 182 The Neglected Continent: Latin America and the Caribbean 191 Mexican, Central American and Latin Caribbean Missions 193 Missions in the British West Indies 197 Missions in South America 199 The Chilean Revival 201 The Brazilian Phenomenon 204 THEOLOGY AND PRAXIS 209 With Signs Following: Evangelism, Healing and Eschatology 211 The Priority of Evangelism 212 The Practice of Healing 215 Eschatological Mission 219 War and the Coming of Christ 223 The Powers of Evil: Religions, Culture and Politics 232 Religions and Contextualization 232 Missionaries and Culture 241 Missionaries and Politics 247 Racism and Social Segregation 249 Persons of Average Ability: Pentecostal Ministry 260 Preparing Pentecostal Missionaries 262 Training Local Leaders 266 Women in Ministry 271 Missionary Hardships 276 Sectarianism and Organization 281